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Turkey and UK to sign strategic partnership agreement during Fidan's visit
https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/turkey">Turkey and https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/uk">Britain are set to sign a strategic partnership framework agreement on Thursday afternoon after https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/turkey" target="_blank">Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in London in the morning.
Fidan is in Britain on a two-day trip and is expected to meet British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at 4pm.
The two are reportedly set to sign a framework document on "strategic partnership", although details of what that will entail have not been made public.
Fidan is expected to praise the positive trajectory of relations between the two countries and express a desire to deepen ties, according to Turkish media.
TRT World https://www.trtworld.com/article/5548a422603c">cited diplomatic sources who said the foreign minister is likely to raise concerns about Turkish citizens experiencing delays in the processing of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) residency applications.
The talks are also likely to include a commitment to enhance defence cooperation and collaboration in the energy sector.
Fidan and Cooper will also likely discuss the ceasefire talks between the US and Iran, and ways to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
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The Turkish foreign minister's visit comes after Cooper attended the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in southern Turkey last weekend, at which she met and spoke with Fidan.
Fidan is expected to meet other members of parliament during his visit, and he is scheduled to speak at the University of Oxford Global History Centre and the Changing Global Order Program on Friday.
He is also expected to meet select figures from the Turkish community living in Britain, of which there are between 350,000 and 500,000.
This comes days after Fidan https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-says-muslim-countries-concerned-israel-greece-cyprus-alliance">said at the Antalya forum that Muslim countries in the region are concerned by a growing military alliance between https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel, Greece and Cyprus.
Fidan said Greece had joined this grouping despite being a member of Nato.
“Israel has been recently running an expansionist policy, and Turkey’s concerns aren’t unwarranted,” he said.
Turkey has meanwhile established regular dialogue mechanisms with https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/saudi-arabia">Saudi Arabia, https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/egypt">Egypt and https://www.middleeasteye.net/tags/pakistan">Pakistan to discuss regional issues.